"The alt market will DRAG bitcoin up. BTC is controlled opposition. The powers that be are afraid to let it drop too much below the 50% market share point. As it gets closer to this, they start hammering money in.
Spot on. The number one reason BTC was crippled is likely because the manipulators are altcoin bagholders. There are 5+ prominent scams whose spikes are always funneled back into BTC